agent: A factor, such as a microorganism, chemical substance, or form of radiation, whose presence, excessive presence, or (in deficiency diseases) relative absence is essential for the occurrence of a disease. age-specific mortality rate: A mortality rate limited to a particular age group. The numerator is the number of deaths in that age group; the denominator is the number of persons in that age group in the population.
Sleeping Pills and Memory Loss. Elderly people have more trouble sleeping than younger folks. Some causes include waking to urinate, pain due to arthritis or other inflammations and lack of exercise. Sleeping pills can help, but they have a dark side. They can cause memory loss.
Strom's conclusion then was that statins do not cause memory loss, but people are more likely to recognize health problems when they start a new drug -- a so-called detection bias.. People have memory problems all the time, he said.You lose your keys. You forget somebody's name.fter some anecdotal reports that statin users experienced short-term memory lapses, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warnings in 2012 that these medications may increase risk of memory loss. But now a new study suggests those warnings may be unfounded.